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Maria Hertogh Riots
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Maria Hertogh Riots
• Born in Java in 1937 to Dutch Catholic parents
• Parents were imprisoned during the Japanese Occupation
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Maria Hertogh Riots
• Maria was taken care care by a Malay woman, Che Aminah and her husband.
• They brought her up as a Muslim and named her Nadra.
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Maria Hertogh Riots
• 1949 – Maria’s mother, Adeline Hertogh wants her daughter back.
• The case was brought to the High Court in Singapore.
• Maria Hertogh was placed in the Social Welfare Department.
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Maria Hertogh Riots
• May 1950 – the court ruled that Maria be returned to her natural parents.
• Che Aminah sent an appeal to change the court decision.
• Two months later, Maria was ruled by court to be given back to Che Aminah
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Maria Hertogh Riots
• Under Che Aminah’s care, Maria was married to a Malay teacher.
• She was only 13 years old.
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Maria Hertogh Riots
• November 1950, the battle for custody continued.
• The court ruled that Maria should be returned to her natural parents.
• The Dutch law did not recognize Maria’s marriage as she was under-aged and was not given consent by her natural father.
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Maria Hertogh Riots
• This upset the Muslim community as they felt that Muslim law was not respected.
• Meanwhile, the court placed Maria in a Catholic convent in Thomson Road.
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Maria Hertogh Riots
• Che Aminah appealed again for the custody of Maria Hertogh.
• 11 December 1950 – the court rejected the appeal within 5 minutes.
• The large crowd that gathered to hear the verdict at Padang started to riot.
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Maria Hertogh Riots
• WHY?– Felt betrayed as they thought the British were taking
sides with the Dutch
• WHAT HAPPENED?– Any European and Eurasian in sight was attacked.– Cars were overturned and burnt– Serious rioting happened around the area of Sultan
Mosque, North Bridge and Jalan Besar Roads.
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Maria Hertogh Riots
• The riots continued for 3 days and a curfew was imposed for two weeks.
• Troops were called in to help maintain law and order.
• The situation was under control by the 3rd day.
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About 18 people were killed and 173 were injured during the riot